The Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) is the owner of the subdomain ci2a.csic.es. The CSIC informs you that access to and use of the website ci2a.csic.es and directories included therein (hereinafter jointly referred to as the Portal) are subject to the terms detailed in this Legal Notice, without prejudice to the fact that access to any of these services or content may require acceptance of additional General Conditions.

The CSIC reserves the right to make changes to the Portal without prior notice, in order to update, correct, modify, add or delete content or design. Because information is not updated immediately, we suggest that you always check the validity and accuracy of the information, services and content presented. Likewise, the conditions and terms included in this Notice may vary, so we invite you to review these terms when you visit the Portal again.

The CSIC is not responsible for any damages that may arise from the use of the tools and information contained in the Portal in relation to the adoption of decisions on the initiation, development or outcome of administrative procedures. Such decisions must be verified by the competent centres, organisations or departments. In any case, the information and content of this website may not be used in disputes with the Public Administration, and it assumes no responsibility for any discrepancies that may exist between the printed documents of the competent Administration and the electronic publication on these pages.

Intellectual property and industrial property rights

The design of the Portal and its source codes, as well as the logos, brands, and other distinctive signs that appear on it, belong to the CSIC or collaborating entities and are protected by the corresponding intellectual and industrial property rights.

The information available on this website, unless otherwise expressly indicated, is susceptible to reuse; its total or partial reproduction, modification, distribution and communication is authorized, for commercial and non-commercial uses, subject to the following conditions:

• The denaturation of the content of the information is prohibited under any circumstances.

• The user is obliged to cite the source of the documents subject to reuse.

• The user is obliged to mention the date of the last update of the documents subject to reuse.

• The CSIC declares its respect for the intellectual and industrial property rights of third parties; therefore, if you consider that this site could be violating your rights, please contact the Higher Council for Scientific Research.

Links or hipelinks

Users who intend to establish a hyperlink between their website and that of the Portal must take into account the following:

• The establishment of the hyperlink does not imply, in any case, the existence of relations between the CSIC and the owner of the website, nor the acceptance and approval by the CSIC of its contents or services. Therefore, it will not be declared or implied that the CSIC has expressly authorized the hyperlink, nor that it has supervised or assumed the contents and services offered or made available on said website.

• The CSIC is not responsible, in any way, nor does it guarantee the quality, accuracy, reliability, correctness or morality of the contents or services that the establishment of the hyperlink may offer. The user assumes under his/her exclusive responsibility the consequences, damages or actions that may arise from accessing the hyperlinked website.

• The website on which the hyperlink is established may not contain any trademark, name, logo, slogan or other distinctive signs belonging to the CSIC, except for those signs that form part of the hyperlink itself.

• The website on which the hyperlink is established will not contain information with illegal content, contrary to morality and generally accepted good practices and public order, nor will it contain content contrary to the rights of third parties.

Frames

The CSIC expressly prohibits the use of “framing” or the use by third parties of any other mechanisms that alter the design, original configuration or content of its Portal.

Privacy

The collection and automated processing of personal data collected through this website is for the purpose of managing the service requested by the user as well as the follow-up of queries raised. The legal basis for the processing is the consent of the affected party and its need for the development of the public functions and missions of the CSIC, which is responsible for the processing. It is not possible to make a forecast of the deletion periods that will depend on the case and service requested.

The regulations require that the inventory of processing activities be made public by electronic means. The CSIC’s Register of Processing Activities (RAT) appears in the Transparency section of this website. Through the links indicated in the aforementioned section you can access the RATs corresponding to the central organization of the CSIC and those corresponding to the CSIC Centers and Institutes that specify, for each treatment, the identity of the person responsible, the legal basis, purposes of the treatment, category of data, deletion forecasts as well as the general description of the technical and organizational security measures.

In accordance with Organic Law 3/2018, of December 5, on the Protection of Personal Data and the Guarantee of Digital Rights (LOPDGDD), the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and related legislation, the CSIC is committed to complying with the obligation of secrecy with respect to personal data and the duty to treat them confidentially after carrying out the corresponding risk analyses, in particular, in accordance with the First Additional Provision of the LOPDGDD, the security measures that correspond to those provided for in the National Security Scheme necessary to prevent their alteration, loss, treatment or unauthorized access.

The user may exercise at any time the rights of access, rectification, cancellation, opposition, limitation or portability by writing to the General Secretariat of the CSIC at C/Serrano 117, 28006 MADRID (Spain) enclosing a photocopy of his/her ID. or through the CSIC Electronic Registry located in its Electronic Office, for which you must have a recognized electronic certificate. You can contact the CSIC Data Protection Officer through the email delegadoprotecciondatos@csic.es

The CSIC reserves the right to modify this Privacy Policy to adapt it to new legislation, jurisprudence or interpretation by the Spanish Data Protection Agency. In this case, the CSIC will announce these changes, clearly indicating and with due notice the modifications made, and requesting, if deemed necessary, acceptance of them.

Applicable law and jurisdiction

The applicable law in the event of a dispute or conflict of interpretation of the terms that make up this Legal Notice, as well as any issue related to the services of this Portal, will be Spanish law.

For the resolution of any conflict that may arise on the occasion of the visit to the Portal or the use of the services that may be offered therein, the CSIC and the User agree to submit to the Judges and Courts of the User’s domicile, provided that it is located in Spanish territory.